From Lighting, From Air

Short story for a person, will be written in several point of views. Possible sexual scenes, strong language.

Submitted:Mar 12, 2013
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The leaves burned the brightest of red,
clashing with the low fall sun that hung over the horizon, both a
signal of the onslaught of fall. The air still felt hot and
sticky, clinging to any solid surface possible, a reminder of the
past summer. Mountains jutted up from the landscape, covered in
the burning forest, taunting those who dared to trek with steep
cliffs and jagged rocks. Old-as-time trees stood still, as if
knowing winter was soon to come. Rocks and roots popped from the
still-wet dirt, like traps set to stop anyone to walk
past.

Gale hiked along the mountain path, Celestial
bronze sword gripped in hand. He burned with a fire, fueled by
hatred and anger, matching the leaves surrounding him. His temper
was like lighting, stored in the sky until the storm. His will
was strong, unable to be broken by the temptations of pleasure,
strong against the threat of pain; a rebel by nature, like the
winds that he was born into.

The girl he was speaking to emerged from the
forest, strikingly silver hair waving in the fall breeze. Her
lightning blue eyes- matching his- scanned the forest in search
of a threat.

"Yeah, yeah, you've told me before. I've never
seen you this stressed," Tali responded while looking at the
mountains ahead of her.

Gale snorted sarcastically, "It's a big deal."
He rested his sword to the ground, ADHD causing him to fiddle
with his hoodie's string.

"What? Monsters? We've killed enough of
those."

"Yeah... but, these ones- they have something
we need," Gale said.

"I
wish you'd tell me what they
have," She said, a hint of demand in her
voice.

"You'll see. Now, we need to go." Gale lifted
his sword back up, deciding to sheathe it; there didn't see like
much around here. He started to walk again, his sister following
close behind him. He hiked along the path, footsteps stirring up
mud and debris. The two reached a clearing, out of place in the
forested mountains. Grasses swayed back and forth, wild flowers
dotted here and there.

Gale unsheathed his sword, sizzling blue
electricity sparking from the tip. "This isn't natural."
Instincts screamed at him to leave.

Tali followed her brother's move, a smaller,
double-blade sword appearing her hands. The wind picked up
strength, thin leaves blowing to the ground in tornado-like
eddies.

Branches snap from the left and both of the
Greeks whirl around, adrenaline beginning to pump through their
veins. A pale figure steps from the forest, a smirk painted upon
his face. A scar is distorted by the evil grin, several smaller
ones around eyes. Obvious battle wounds. Gale studies the
disfigurements, finding weaknesses in each one, finding what
could have causes him; planning. Tali stands nearly completely
still as the figure nears closer, revealing itself more handsome
than before. The girl flicks her hand, storm clouds riding the
winds overhead.

"Child, don't be so quick in your decisions,"
The man said, his moderately deep voice having no particular
accent, but soothing none the less; almost hypnotizing.

"What do you want?" Tali spat, her eyes
narrowing into a hateful glaze.

Gale nudged her, "Tact,
sister."

The man seemed to teleport from the edge of
the forest to directly in front of them. "You."

Gale instantly slashed his sword at the man's
chest, sparks exploding from it, blasting the man backwards. "Who
are you?" Gale asked between explosions of
thunder.

"Why, how rude!" He snarled, revealing his two
upper fangs. "I'm Cephissos. And you two smell like
demigods."

Gale's eyes narrowed, pupils expanding with
adrenaline as the man took a swipe at Tali. She deflected it with
a blast of pressurized air, nimble muscles straining with the use
of energy.

"And, you, my girl, could use a lesson from
your brother. He seems polite enough."

"Oh, yeah?" Gale asked, trying to make it
sound as genuine as possible as the clouds condensed around him,
lightning singeing the air. He formed a ball of it into his
hands, tossing it teasingly.

"Well, much better than your si-" The vampire
couldn't finish his sentence before a blast of super-heated air
hit him, exploding into hundreds of lightning bolts as the man
was blasted into the burned grasses.

"Nice to meet you, too. I'm Gale, this Tali."
He motioned to the still angered girl. "Children of Zeus."

"Oh, children of Zeus? They always taste the
best." He flew from his imprint on the ground, hands grabbing
daggers from his belt. He tosses them at both the demigods in a
lightning fast speed. Gale deflects the one coming his way with a
gust of wind, Tali's scraping along her arm. The vampire hovered
in air before launching another attack, this time of an fire. It
missed both teens, instead exploding on contact with the
ground.

The explosion rocked the Earth, mountains
reflecting the noise that shot from the fire. Gale tumbled behind
a log, Tali quickly following them. Their faces were black with
the soot shot up, but no harmful injuries- not yet.

Gale flicked his wrist, lightning raining down
from the sky in spar to the previous attack. The force swirled
the vampire around, knocking him into a trees.

Cesphissos spit something onto the ground, "I
expected much more from two children of
Zeus."

"Oh, you'll get it." Tali said, jumping up
from the cover of the log as her brother followed. His muscled
already ached.

"We'll see," He said, blasting two more
daggers at them. The winds gusted them back, the hilts bashing
into his stomach as he cringed in pain before landing back onto
the ground.

Tali was the first to charge, slicing her
sword through the air. Chephissos caught the blade between two
fingers, slinging the girl to ground. She shot back up, slashing
the sword along his hand. A golden-like blood oozed from the
wound as he jumped back from the demigod.

Gale charged next, using the winds to propel
him faster. He rain with stealth, faking an attack at the vampire
before blasting himself upward and behind him, the hilt of the
boy's sword crashing into the man's head. Chephissos growled in
pain before fading farther backwards.

He
threw an array of daggers at them, one slicing along Gale's
tanned face, another cutting through Tali's skin, but falling
back to the ground.

"You- you two, you'll see more of me. Do not
worry." He jumped back to the forest, disappearing in several
cracks and snaps of twigs.

Gale turned to her sister, his wound dripped
ichory-blood. Bruises littered his body, obvious on his arms and
legs. Tali was worse. Her arm was dripping blood from both her
shoulder and elbow, her face covered in dirt and grime.

"The perks of being
a demigod," Gale said, a tinge of pith in his voice.